ICCM Meeting Minutes
Sindh, Pakistan
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Date:
2 November 2012
Place:
Humanitarian Coordination Center Sukkur
Timing:
10:30am to 12:45pm
No. of Participants:
27
Participant Organizations: PDMA, UNOCHA, PHF, NHN, UNHCR, IOM, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, FAO, UNWOMEN, PRCS,
UNDP
Meeting Minutes
Agenda Points
Cluster updates and
constraints, Floods
2012
Discussions
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Action Points/Decisions
Coordination Cluster
The coordination cluster has been
established in response to the 2012 floods.
OCHA has established a presence in the
three worst affected districts (Jacobabad,
Kashmore and Shikarpur) as well as a
coordination hub in Sukkur that offers
personal briefings, IM products as well as
workspace to partners.
Education Cluster
The education cluster has established 136
TLCs where 6,500 children have been
enrolled. The cluster trained 92 teachers
and 30 SMC members and also drafted an
IDP guideline using schools as IDP shelters
by Education, Protection and Shelter
Clusters and Education Department Sindh.
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Food Security Cluster
The food security cluster has provided food
assistance to 58,334 households in three
flood affected districts Jacobabad,
Shikarpur and Khasmore(up to 31st
October). 2400 HH’s in livestock assistance ,
8000, through conditional cash grants in
district Kashmore.
Constraints:
Funding
prioritization
Health Cluster
WHO supplied essential medicines since
the start of the floods 2012. The WHO team
remained in close coordination with DHO,
PPHI and INGOs/NGOs working in the flood
affected districts. WHO collected and
analyzed communicable disease data on
daily basis since the start of emergency in
the affected districts. The WHO surveillance
team responded to major communicable
disease alerts and outbreaks in the
communities. WHO also supported a joint
assessment of UNICEF, UNFPA & MNCH
Sindh of MCH services in the districts
Jacobabad, Kashmore and Shikarpur. The
WHO EH team conducted water quality
assessments for the measurement of
critical analyses since the start of the
emergency 2012 in Jacobabad. 78,000
people have been covered through
essential medicine supplies in Northern
Sindh, of whom 59,000 reside in Jacobabad,
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Kashmore and Shikarpur. The cluster
actively monitors alerts of major
communicable diseases. ARI centers in
Jacobabad and Kashmore districts were
established.
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Nutrition Cluster
The nutrition cluster is looking for trained
LHVs and trained HR especially female
workers. The cluster supports MoH and
PPHI. There is a shortage of medicines. The
cluster aims for the establishment of OTPs
in all 88 affected union councils in three
districts. The cluster conducts a targeted
distribution of multi-micronutrients and
folic acid to children who are between 6
and 59 months old. The cluster will conduct
nutrition counseling and IYCF sessions as
well as health and hygiene sessions in all
CMAM union councils.
Protection Cluster
The protection cluster has activated PWG
meetings in three affected districts. PSG is
more focusing on a referral system of
different protection issues through CCHD.
This project will be complete by December
2012. UNHCR has distributed 330 tents in
Kashmore and 330 Jacobabad.
The child protection sub cluster has
established 19 child friendly places where
2,879 children are enrolled.
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Cluster updates and
constraints, Early
Recovery 2011
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Shelter Cluster
The shelter cluster is doing CCCM trainings
in Jacobabad, Kashmore and Shikarpur.
Humanitarian agencies distributed 54,445
tarpaulins and 1570 tents. 28,793 families
received emergency shelters. The
Government dispatched 73,568 tents.
An estimated 180,500 families are in need
of shelter assistance. NFIs distributions
remain low. A TSSU assessment has been
completed in the three priority districts and
is on-going in Qamber Shahdadkot, Ghotki,
Sukkur, and Larkana.
The key challenges for the cluster are:
assistance in other notified districts,
prioritization and funding.
WASH Cluster
The WASH cluster is providing water
through water trucking in the districts
which are affected and notified. The WASH
cluster is working with donors including
ERF, rapid funds and bilateral donors.
Logistics Cluster
The logistics cluster is providing GIS
mapping, transportation and storage space
in Sukkur and Jacobabad. These services
are provided on request.
Coordination Cluster
OCHA has redeployed its staff from 2011
affected district to the 2012 affected
districts. However, IM products for early
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recovery in the 2011 affected districts are
available at the OCHA IM unit in the Karachi
Sub-Office.
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Education Cluster
In total, the education cluster has set up
2,178 TLCs (UNICEF: 2,120, Save the
Children: 48, HANDS: 10) in 11 affected
districts for 111,903 beneficiaries including
49,148 girls/females during early recovery
2011. Also, 4,274 teachers including 1,212
female teachers were provided (nine more
teachers were trained in September) with
life skills orientation, health and hygiene
and pedagogy training to improve their
capacity. During early recovery 24,330
children, including 7,957 girls, benefitted
from the rehabilitation of 274 schools in
Sindh. The education coordination meeting,
chaired by the Education Department, has
been organized on provincial and district
level to improve the quality of responses
across Sindh. A total number of 60
coordination meetings has been held in
Karachi and the affected districts.
Food Security Cluster
In total, the cluster has planned to cover
98,382 households beyond September.
Besides, the cluster has provided trainings
on phased assessments, livestock
Emergency Guidelines and
Standards(LEGS), humanitarian response
plan and gender markers for food security
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partners. All together, the cluster has
assisted 248,974 households during early
recovery 2011 under the different
interventions like; Agriculture inputs,
Livestock support, food for Work, Cash for
Work, Food Vouchers and Conditional cash
grants
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Health Cluster
WHO has provided medicine in the
affected districts during early recovery
2011.
Logistics Cluster
The logistics cluster has assisted in storage
and transportation for all partners. The
logistic cluster ended its activities.
Nutrition Cluster
The nutrition cluster established 99 OTPs
during early recovery 2011. Nutrition
activities are still going on in early recovery
districts. Nutrition cluster district meetings
are not taking place any more in early
recovery districts.
Protection Cluster
The protection cluster is still active in early
recovery districts. 285 protective spaces
were established through the child
protection sub-cluster. During early
recovery 6,234 children were reached by
child protection sub cluster.
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PDMA briefing
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NHN briefing
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Shelter Cluster
The shelter cluster district and provincial
meetings for early recovery are taking place
in all the notified districts.ER shelter
projects are on-going, .current
commitments (46,029 One Room Shelters,
13,370 Transitional Shelters and 68,024
roofing kits) cover 39% of the overall needs
WASH cluster
The WASH cluster has covered 60% of the
needs during early recovery 2011.
PDMA has established a program to rescue
flood affected people. Tents, food
packages, medicine, nutrition, logistics and
education have been provided to the
affected population. Winter is approaching
in the flood affected areas so there should
be a plan and effective response by
agencies on the ground.
PDMA is concerned about overlapping
actions could be a problem in the flood
affected areas.
PDMA therefore stressed the importance of
a proper interface between PDMA,
humanitarian partners and UN agencies.
NHN provided an overview of the outcomes
of the NHN workshop on 23 October in
Sukkur. A number of issues were identified
in the NHN workshop including lack of
financial and human resources, occupancy
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E- PHF briefing
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F- Plans for the
upcoming winter
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of schools by IDPs, unavailability of
winterization facilities, law and order
situation in the affected areas, vulnerability
of pregnant women, children, elderly and
lack of a sanitation and drainage system.
The recommendations of the workshop
are: GoP to urgently launch an appeal to
the international community for technical
and financial assistance. PDMA, DDMAs
and UN agencies to effectively coordinate
need assessments as well as relief
deliveries to the affected population. To
provide also assistance to Ghotki and
Qamber Shahdadkot
NHN believes that there is a huge gap
between actual needs and the current
food, shelter and health relief provided so
far, which should be filled.
PHF’s eighteen members are engaged in
the 2012 floods response. PHF is not facing
any issue in terms of accessibility of the
respected areas.
PHF believes that district level coordination
should be strengthened and that the
capacity of the government focal person is
lacking and their capacity should be
strengthened.
WHO is establishing ARI centers. An
increase of different diseases is expected
due to the winter. There is a shortage of
medicines in flood affected districts.
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For the shelter cluster challenges are for
both IDPs facing protracted displacement
and returnees.. There is need of
winterization items including blankets,
warm shawls and adequate shelters.. The
Shelter Cluster advised an early inclusion of
winterized items in agencies plans to
ensure timely delivery and distribution of
winterization items.
Plans for Dadu,
Ghotki, Khairpur,
Larkana and Qamber
Shahdadkot
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Unicef has visited Qamber Shahdadkot.
WFP is getting situation updates from the
organizations that are working in these
districts.
SRSO has provided food packages and tents
to 11,437 households in Sukkur and 23,000
households in Khairpur. The DC Ghotki has
requested the same support from SRSO.
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19 schools are occupied by IDPs in the
district Jacobabad. It is planned to evacuate
the schools and provide them with return
packages. In this regard the willingness of
the IDPs and the situation in villages of
origin should be taken into account, and
premature and forced evacuation
prevented. Humanitarian organizations are
keen to discuss with concerned authorities
and support returns if adequate solutions
are found for IDPs. Tent cities are the least
preferred option.. WFP is ready to provide
food assistance.
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All clusters on district level: To coordinate
among the clusters to have district cluster
meetings on the same day. Clusters
should meet at Sukkur level to discuss the
same.
Shelter cluster: To share the TSSU results.
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The gender working group will conduct ToT
on gender in Karachi. The ToT will focus on
gender guidelines. The importance of
gender disaggregated data collection was
stressed.
A livelihood assessment orientation will
take place in Karachi in the second week on
November in 15 districts in Sindh included
the currently notified districts.
PRC informed that they are providing water
and food in the UC Alam Pur and
Muhammad Pur of Taluka Garkhairo in
district Jacobabad.
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Annex-1 Participants List
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Name
Organization
Tahir Hussain
Soenke Ziesche
Imran Khan Laghari
Neel Amber
Saifullah
Mansoor
Shujaat
Ali Shahid
Ammir Kaleem
Hameed Bullo
Kashif Siddiqui
Sharjil Kharal
Amina Saudi
Malik Asim
Nicole Carn
Dr. Nazeer
Dr. Ghazala
Ateeq Bashir
Saleem Shaikh
Asim Younis
Prem Chand
Ashraf Ali
Farhat Firdous
Shahid Abbasi
Hassan Zubar
Khalid Ahmad
Khurram
PDMA
UNOCHA
UNOCHA
UNOCHA
PDMA
PDMA
PDMA/UNV
PDMA
PHF
NHN
NHN
Protection Cluster/UNHCR
Shelter Cluster/IOM
Logistics Cluster/WFP
WFP
Health Cluster/WHO
Unicef
Unicef
Unicef
Nutrition Cluster/Unicef
WASH cluster/Unicef
Food Security Cluster/FAO
UN WOMEN
PRCS
PRCS
PRCS
UNDP
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